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Noun
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Americans lacked a sense of urgency about Nazi aggression.—
Tamar Jacoby,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025 -
Related article Ukraine’s European allies say Russian aggression is pushing peace out of reach, as US envoy meets Putin The new administration has opened multiple channels to Moscow, following three years of diplomatic isolation.—
Andrew Carey and Victoria Butenko,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Frederic could be a fallback third-line centre option if the Leafs can’t get someone better (like Coyle), or support otherwise — truculence and scoring — on the wing.—
Jonas Siegel,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Its approach to union organizing activity may not be entirely welcoming, but seems to lack the truculence and hostility shown by retailers such as Starbucks and Amazon.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Emboldened by four years of appeasement policies, the CCP is on the march — escalating its military activities, conducting aggressive drills around Taiwan, and increasing its belligerence in the South China Sea.—
Arthur Herman,
National Review,
3 Apr. 2025
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The country has swung wildly in its hawkishness, from the isolationism of the 1930s to the belligerence of the early 1980s.—
Alexandra Chinchilla,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Contrary to former President Joe Biden, our co-belligerency is not to make Ukraine safe for democracy.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Feb. 2025
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Congress has given away its power to declare war to the president, handing over the ability to take the nation from a state of peace to a state of belligerency or co-belligerency.—
Armstrong Williams,
Baltimore Sun,
7 July 2024
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“Truculency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truculency. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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